Describe how the theory of ‘Structure Functionalism’ described by Radcliffe-Brown will help you in managing your communication better.

How does a society function? How is a society built? How do phenomena contribute to the maintenance of social structures? A.R. Radcliffe-Brown tried to seek answers to these questions. He particularly focused on the institutions of kinship and descent and suggested that, at least in tribal societies, they determined the character of family organization, politics, economy, and inter-group relations. Of course there are influences of Emile Durkheim’s work in Radcliffe-Brown’s structural functionalism. Structural-functionalism as postulated by Radcliffe-Brown views society as an entity composed of functionally interdependent institutions. Structural-functional analysis, although later viewed as reductionist, deeply influenced the development of social anthropology and continues to influence the subfields of economic and political anthropology. Radcliffe-Brown derived his concept of function from physiology. He believed that the term "function" in the social sciences meant the same process as in biology. A different way of putting this is to say that function is the contribution an element makes to the whole social system. How can the theory of structural functionalism help in communication? In mass communication one must pay due respect to a society’s norms and not disturb the current balance of structures. Mass communication has a huge power over societies and wielders of such power should be careful about what they communicate. Using planned disruption one can create some great advertising campaigns such as the 1984 Apple campaign. Also, if a piece of communication is perceived to be able to disrupt the balance of structures in society, it might garner unnecessary hostility towards that channel. Communication is primarily a power relationship between two parties. Knowing and acknowledging these structures present in society and...

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...A.R RadcliffeBrown:
Structural-Functional Approach
Department of Sociology PGGCG-11,Chandigarh
Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown
1881-1955
• English Social Anthropologist of the
20th century who developed a systematic framework of
concepts and generalizations relating to the social
structures of preindustrial societies and their functions.
• He is widely known for his theory offunctionalism and
his role in the founding of British social anthropology.
Introduction
• Radcliffe-Brown was born in Spark brook, Birmingham, England. After studying at Trinity College, Cambridge, he travelled to the Andaman Islands (1906-1908) and Western Australia (1910-1912) to conduct fieldwork into the workings of the societies there, serving as the inspiration for his later books The Andaman Islanders (1922) and The Social Organization of Australian Tribes (1930). His most famous work Structure and Function in Primitive Society: (1952) was published posthumously . • Radcliffe-Brown has often been associated with functionalism, and is considered by some to be the founder of structural functionalism. Nonetheless, Radcliffe-Brown vehemently denied being a functionalist.
Introduction
• The concept structure refers to an arrangements of parts or...

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1) What is depression ?
* Definition of depression
* Who gets depression
2) What is the causes of depression ?
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* Biological factors
* Genetic factors
3) What do people think about depression ?
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1. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY
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...﻿Functionalism has given a useful understanding of society, despite its limitations. Functionalists describe society using an organic analogy; they say society is like a biological organism. Parsons found three similarities between society and an organism. System organisms such as the human body and society are both self-regulating and inter-related, independent parts fit together in fixed ways. In the body these are organs; in society they are institutions, such as family and education. Both organisms have system needs for example an organism needs nutrition without which it would die. Social systems have basic needs for example members of society need to be socialised. Both society and organisms function to contribute to meeting the systems needs and thus ensure survival. For example the circulatory systems delivers oxygen to cells, similarly the economy in society helps meet the needs for food and shelter.
Parsons argues the central question sociology tries to answer is how is social order possible? Parsons argues social order is achieved through the existence of a shared value system. A culture is a set of norms, values, beliefs and goals shared by members of society. It provides a framework enabling individuals to cooperate by laying down rules about how to behave and what others expect of them, defining goals they should pursue and so on. Social order is only possible so long as members of society agree on these norms and values. This agreement is...